A plan to convene a conference of representatives of all Jewish communities in the British Commonwealth is now under study, Prof. Selig Brodetsky, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, reported to a meeting of the Board this week, following his return here from a visit to Australia.
Brodetsky said that at present 2,000 Jews enter Australia annually, but added that most Australian Jews feel that this immigration should be directed toward Israel. Brodetsky conferred with the Boards of Deputies of the various states to Australia as well as with the chairman of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, which is the central Jewish body in that country.
Meanwhile, the Eagle Lion Distributing Company has withdrawn the controversial film “Oliver Twist,” based on Charles Dickens’ novel of the same name, from showing in the British’ zone of Germany, the Foreign Office has announced. The film characterization of Fagin has aroused strong protests here, in the U.S. and in Germany. British military authorities reported that showing of the film was undesirable, where-upon the distributing company agreed to withdraw it.
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